19 O thou my son, hear, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the [a]way.

20 Keep not company with [b]drunkards, nor with [c]gluttons.

21 For the drunkard and the glutton shall be poor, and the sleeper shall be clothed with rags.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 23:19 In the observation of God’s commandments.
  2. Proverbs 23:20 Hebrew, wine-bibbers.
  3. Proverbs 23:20 Hebrew, devourers of flesh.

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